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  • All Five Constitutional Amendments Soundly Defeated - (Labor loss in Michigan)

    11/08/2012 9:17:29 AM PST · by re_tail20 · 28 replies
    Mackinac Center ^ | November 7, 2012 | Ted O'Neil
    All five constitutional amendments in Michigan were soundly rejected by voters Tuesday, including two that received heavy union backing that would have locked collective bargaining for government union employees and a dues skim that has taken $32 million from Michigan’s most vulnerable residents into the state constitution. “Today, the voters of Michigan sent a clear message,” Labor Policy Director F. Vincent Vernuccio said of the Proposal 2 defeat. “The voters put workers, taxpayers and job creators above special interests. Michigan avoided making government unions a super-legislature that would have the ability to effectively veto laws passed by our elected representatives....